diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.cpp b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.cpp
index bacfa2142..ef87699ed 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.cpp
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ CleanFilter::CleanFilter()
 		FP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_VERTEX,
 		FP_REMOVE_FACE_ZERO_AREA,
 		FP_MERGE_CLOSE_VERTEX,
-		FP_MERGE_WEDGE_TEX,
-		FP_COMPACT_FACE,
-		FP_COMPACT_VERT
+		FP_MERGE_WEDGE_TEX
 	};
 
 	for(ActionIDType tt : types())
@@ -96,8 +94,6 @@ QString CleanFilter::filterName(ActionIDType filter) const
 	case FP_REMOVE_UNREFERENCED_VERTEX:   return QString("Remove Unreferenced Vertices");
 	case FP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_VERTEX:     return QString("Remove Duplicate Vertices");
 	case FP_REMOVE_FACE_ZERO_AREA:        return QString("Remove Zero Area Faces");
-	case FP_COMPACT_VERT:                 return QString("Compact vertices");
-	case FP_COMPACT_FACE:                 return QString("Compact faces");
 	default: assert(0);
 	}
 	return QString("error!");
@@ -133,8 +129,6 @@ QString CleanFilter::filterInfo(ActionIDType filterId) const
 	case FP_REMOVE_UNREFERENCED_VERTEX: return QString("Check for every vertex on the mesh: if it is NOT referenced by a face, removes it");
 	case FP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_VERTEX:   return QString("Check for every vertex on the mesh: if there are two vertices with same coordinates they are merged into a single one.");
 	case FP_REMOVE_FACE_ZERO_AREA:      return QString("Remove null faces (the one with area equal to zero)");
-	case FP_COMPACT_VERT:               return QString("Compact all the vertices that have been deleted and put them to the end of the vector");
-	case FP_COMPACT_FACE:               return QString("Compact all the faces that have been deleted and put them to the end of the vector");
 	default: assert(0);
 	}
 	return QString("error!");
@@ -159,8 +153,6 @@ CleanFilter::FilterClass CleanFilter::getClass(const QAction *a) const
 	case FP_REMOVE_FACE_ZERO_AREA:
 	case FP_REMOVE_UNREFERENCED_VERTEX:
 	case FP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_VERTEX:
-	case FP_COMPACT_VERT:
-	case FP_COMPACT_FACE:                 return FilterPlugin::Cleaning;
 	case FP_BALL_PIVOTING: 	              return FilterPlugin::Remeshing;
 	case FP_MERGE_WEDGE_TEX: 	          return FilterPlugin::FilterClass(FilterPlugin::Cleaning + FilterPlugin::Texture);
 	default : assert(0);
@@ -172,8 +164,6 @@ int CleanFilter::getRequirements(const QAction *action)
 {
 	switch(ID(action))
 	{
-	case FP_COMPACT_FACE:
-	case FP_COMPACT_VERT:
 	case FP_REMOVE_WRT_Q:
 	case FP_BALL_PIVOTING:                return MeshModel::MM_VERTMARK;
 	case FP_REMOVE_ISOLATED_COMPLEXITY:
@@ -217,8 +207,6 @@ int CleanFilter::postCondition(const QAction* action) const
 	case FP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_VERTEX:
 	case FP_REMOVE_FACE_ZERO_AREA:
 	case FP_REMOVE_NON_MANIF_EDGE_SPLIT:  return MeshModel::MM_GEOMETRY_AND_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE;
-	case FP_COMPACT_VERT:
-	case FP_COMPACT_FACE:                 return MeshModel::MM_NONE; // only internal vector storage should change, nothing more
 	}
 	return MeshModel::MM_ALL;
 }
@@ -468,16 +456,6 @@ std::map<std::string, QVariant> CleanFilter::applyFilter(const QAction *filter,
 		m.clearDataMask(MeshModel::MM_VERTFACETOPO);
 	} break;
 
-	case FP_COMPACT_FACE :
-	{
-		vcg::tri::Allocator<CMeshO>::CompactFaceVector(m.cm);
-	} break;
-
-	case FP_COMPACT_VERT :
-	{
-		vcg::tri::Allocator<CMeshO>::CompactVertexVector(m.cm);
-	} break;
-
 	default :
 		wrongActionCalled(filter); // unknown filter;
 	}
diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.h b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.h
index 58d522b36..e6374e0a9 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.h
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_clean/cleanfilter.h
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ class CleanFilter : public QObject, public FilterPlugin
 			FP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_VERTEX,
 			FP_REMOVE_FACE_ZERO_AREA,
 			FP_MERGE_CLOSE_VERTEX,
-			FP_MERGE_WEDGE_TEX,
-			FP_COMPACT_VERT,
-			FP_COMPACT_FACE
+			FP_MERGE_WEDGE_TEX
 	} ;
 
 	CleanFilter();
diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_unsharp/filter_unsharp.cpp b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_unsharp/filter_unsharp.cpp
index f874dac41..0fc38151f 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_unsharp/filter_unsharp.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_unsharp/filter_unsharp.cpp
@@ -476,9 +476,8 @@ std::map<std::string, QVariant> FilterUnsharp::applyFilter(
 		float alpha = 1;
 
 		switch (stepNum) {
-		case 0: // ***** Storing Vertex Data *****
-		{
-			if(tri::HasPerVertexAttribute(m.cm,AttribName)) 	{
+		case 0: { // ***** Storing Vertex Data *****
+			if(tri::HasPerVertexAttribute(m.cm,AttribName)) {
 				vcg::tri::Allocator<CMeshO>::DeletePerVertexAttribute(m.cm,AttribName);
 			}
 			CMeshO::PerVertexAttributeHandle<Point3m> h = tri::Allocator<CMeshO>::AddPerVertexAttribute<Point3m> (m.cm,AttribName);
@@ -490,27 +489,26 @@ std::map<std::string, QVariant> FilterUnsharp::applyFilter(
 			log( "Stored Position %d vertices", m.cm.vn);
 			break;
 		}
-		case 1: // ***** Recovering and Projection Vertex Data *****
-		{
-			if(!tri::HasPerVertexAttribute(m.cm,AttribName)) 	{
+		case 1: { // ***** Recovering and Projection Vertex Data *****
+			if(!tri::HasPerVertexAttribute(m.cm,AttribName)) {
 				throw MLException("Failed to retrieve the stored vertex position. First Store than recover.");
 			}
 			CMeshO::PerVertexAttributeHandle<Point3m> h = tri::Allocator<CMeshO>::GetPerVertexAttribute<Point3m> (m.cm,AttribName);
 
 			CMeshO::VertexIterator vi;
-			for(vi= m.cm.vert.begin();vi!= m.cm.vert.end();++vi)
-			{
-				Point3m d = h[vi] - viewpoint; d.Normalize();
-				float s = d * ( (*vi).cP() - h[vi] );
+			for(vi= m.cm.vert.begin();vi!= m.cm.vert.end();++vi) {
+				Point3m d = h[vi] - viewpoint;
+				d.Normalize();
+				Scalarm s = d * ( (*vi).cP() - h[vi] );
 				(*vi).P() = h[vi] + d * (s*alpha);
 			}
 			m.updateBoxAndNormals();
-			log(  "Projected smoothed Position %d vertices", m.cm.vn);
-		}
+			log("Projected smoothed Position %d vertices", m.cm.vn);
 			break;
 		}
-	}
+		}
 		break;
+	}
 	case FP_SD_LAPLACIAN_SMOOTH:
 	{
 		tri::UpdateFlags<CMeshO>::FaceBorderFromNone(m.cm);